Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps

Tests: 7 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 14 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 36 of the biology course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · wrong ✗

lol science says bumblebees shouldn't be able to fly. mad right?

1. Myth: the sum used a stiff aeroplane wing, but bee wings flap and twist — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. True, they float along on clouds of pollen — no support
3. True, they fly by magic — ← Mova's choice · score 3
4. True, nobody knows how they fly — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 36, line 18: «Bumblebees warm up by shivering their flight muscles, so they can fly on cold spring mornings when honeybees cannot.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «bumblebees» (+2); the same action «fly» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · wrong ✗

My friend says ladybird spots tell you its age, 7 spots means 7 years. Right?

1. No, the number of spots shows which kind of ladybird it is — ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Yes, one spot grows each year — ← Mova's choice · score 7
3. Yes, but only for red ones — no support
4. No, the spots show how many eggs it laid over the summer, one for each egg — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 12, line 6: «A tree grows one new ring of wood each year, light spring wood and darker summer wood; wide rings mean good years and thin rings mean hard dry years.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «grow» (+5); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · wrong ✗

You wipe your finger across a line of ants on the patio. What happens?

1. They all march straight on — ← Mova's choice · score 4
2. They all turn round and make a brand new line in another place at once — no support
3. They get confused and wander until they find the smell again — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. They bite your finger and die — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 3, line 4: «Down here animals hide, warn or surprise: a frog looks exactly like a dead leaf, a tiny red frog shouts «poison!» with its colours, and leafcutter ants march p…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «march» (+2); the same doer «leafcutter ants» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · right ✓

The biscuit crumb has all been carried away. What will the ant trail do?

1. It will fade as ants stop adding smell — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 14
2. It will last forever — score 4
3. It will move to another biscuit by itself — no support
4. It will get stronger — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 14, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 36, line 9: «A scout ant leaves a smell trail from food to the nest; others follow and strengthen it while the food lasts, then the trail fades.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same action «fade» (+4); the same doer «trail» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · right ✓

In a cartoon a giant ant the size of a man lifts a bus. What would really happen to an ant that big?

1. Its legs could hardly hold it up — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
2. It would fly away — no support
3. It would be exactly as strong as before — no support
4. It could lift a whole city — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 36, line 11: «Many ants can lift 10 to 50 times their own weight, because small animals are strong for their size; an ant blown up to the size of a person could hardly hold…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hold up» (+5); the same property (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · right ✓

Why do insects stay so small today?

1. Air moving through tubes only works over short distances — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
2. They stop growing on purpose, so that birds will not see them in the grass — score 1
3. Birds keep them small — score -1
4. They do not eat enough — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 8, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 36, line 8: «Insects have no lungs: air enters through little holes along the sides called spiracles and travels down branching tubes to every part, which only works well o…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «air» (+3); the same place «branching tubes» (+3); the same action «travel» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · right ✓

A wasp lands on your jam sandwich. bloody thing! What should you do?

1. Blow hard on it to scare it away from you — no support
2. Stay calm and move away, don't swat — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
3. Shout loudly and wave your arms about at it — no support
4. Swat it hard with your hand or a book — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 14: «Only female bees and wasps sting; a honeybee's barbed sting stays in human skin and the bee dies, while a wasp's smooth sting slides out, so it can sting many…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «stay» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · right ✓

Why does a honeybee die after stinging you but a wasp does not?

1. Wasps never sting people — score 3
2. Wasps keep spare stings in their legs, so they never run out — no support
3. Bees are allergic to people — no support
4. The bee's sting has barbs that stay stuck; the wasp's is smooth — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 5, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 36, line 14: «Only female bees and wasps sting; a honeybee's barbed sting stays in human skin and the bee dies, while a wasp's smooth sting slides out, so it can sting many…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «female bees» (+3); the same action «sting» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · right ✓

What would happen if all the worker bees in a hive stopped fanning the nectar?

1. The honey would stay watery and could go mouldy — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. It would turn into wax — no support
3. The queen would have to make all the honey herself instead — score 3
4. It would become stronger honey — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 36, line 13: «Bees make honey from nectar by passing it between workers and fanning it until most of the water is gone; one worker makes only about a twelfth of a teaspoon i…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «honey» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · right ✓

Why are wasp nest cells six-sided?

1. Round cells are much too hard for wasps to make with their jaws — no support
2. Six-sided cells fit with no gaps and use the least material — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Wasps have six legs — no support
4. They copy them from snowflakes — no support

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 15: «Wasps build nests of paper by chewing wood and mixing it with spit, in six-sided cells, which fit together with no gaps and use the least material.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+1); the same thing acted on «least material» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · wrong ✗

A beekeeper lifts a frame crawling with bees. Most of them are what?

1. The male drones — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Baby bees in the cells — no support
3. Female workers — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The queens of the hive — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · wrong ✗

In a game your bee hero is a male worker who stings enemies. What's wrong?

1. Workers are female, and males cannot sting — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Nothing, male workers sting very well — no support
3. Bees never sting anything — ← Mova's choice · score -3
4. Only queens can fly — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score -3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 14: «Only female bees and wasps sting; a honeybee's barbed sting stays in human skin and the bee dies, while a wasp's smooth sting slides out, so it can sting many…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «female bees» (+2); the same action «sting» (+1). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the body plan of an adult insect?

1. Eight legs and a body of two parts — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. Six legs and a body of three parts, the legs being attached to the thorax — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Four legs and a pair of feelers, with wings upon the head and abdomen — score 10
4. Six legs distributed two to each body part — score 9

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 35, line 2: «The penguin's wings became flippers, the ostrich's legs became racing legs with two toes, and the hummingbird's wings beat so fast it can hover and even fly ba…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «legs» (+4); the same thing acted on «legs» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Identify the principal function of the honeybee's waggle dance.

1. To expel drones from the hive — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. To communicate the direction and distance of a food source — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. To summon the colony to sleep at dusk — no support
4. To warm the brood — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Ascertain the use made by leafcutter ants of the foliage which they harvest.

1. The roofing of their nest — no support
2. The cultivation of a fungus upon which they feed — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7
3. Direct consumption as food — no support
4. The wrapping and protection of their eggs during the cold season — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 36, line 10: «Leafcutter ants do not eat the leaves they carry: they chew them to grow a fungus garden underground and eat the fungus.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «fungus» (+4); the same circumstance (+3); the same doer «ants» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that a honeybee stings a human being. Determine the consequence for the bee.

1. The bee is unharmed and may sting again — ← Mova's choice · score 10
2. The barbed sting remains lodged and the bee dies — ✓ the right answer · score 10
3. The bee becomes a queen — no support
4. The bee loses its wings only and must walk back to the hive — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 36, line 14: «Only female bees and wasps sting; a honeybee's barbed sting stays in human skin and the bee dies, while a wasp's smooth sting slides out, so it can sting many…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sting» (+5); the same doer «female bees» (+5). The right option, 2, scored 10. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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